1950s Dublin. The body of a young woman is discovered in a lock-up garage - an apparent suicide. But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play.

John Banville is a novelist. His most recent book is The Lock-Up (Faber & Faber). In Napoleon Symphony, the life of the French statesman was transformed into a virtuoso romp that still dazzles 50 ...